smother

['smʌðə]

v.窒息, 闷死, 用沙等闷住火, 忍住, 厚厚地或大面积地覆盖

vt.

1. 使窒息, 使透不过气来; 把……闷死

The victim was smothered to death.

受害人被窒息致死。

2. (用灰等)闷熄; 闷住(火)[(+with)]

He smothered the flame with a wet blanket.

他用一条湿毯将火焰闷熄。

3. 忍住, 抑制; 扼杀

She tried to smother her sobs.

她想忍住不哭。

4. 掩饰[(+up)]

He attempted to smother up a scandal about his family.

他企图掩饰有关他家庭的丑闻。

5. 厚厚地覆盖[(+in/with)]

6. 把……镇服; 使大败

7. 过多地给予[(+with)]

Mary smothers her children with too much love.

玛丽溺爱自己的孩子。

vi.

1. 窒息; 闷死

I'm smothering in this stuffy room.

在这个闷热的房间里我透不过气来。

2. 被掩饰; 被抑制; 被扼杀

n.

1. 令人窒息的浓烟(或雾气、尘埃等)[the S]

The air is polluted with the smother of traffic and industrial smog.

空气被令人窒息的车辆废气和工业烟雾污染了。

2. 窒息状态; 被抑制状态

词形变化

动词过去式: smothered | 动词过去分词: smothered | 动词现在分词: smothering | 动词第三人称单数: smothers |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.窒息; 忍住

suffocate  stifle  choke  asphyxiate  suppress  

同义参见:

inhibit  silence  strangle  extinguish  muffle  stifle  oppress  repress  quell  dampen  damp  

反义参见:

kindle  breathe  

英英释义

名词 smother:

a confused multitude of things

同义词：clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter

a stifling cloud of smoke

动词 smother:

envelop completely

同义词：surround

deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

同义词：asphyxiate, suffocate

conceal or hide

同义词：stifle, strangle, muffle, repress

form an impenetrable cover over

deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion

同义词：put out

补充

smothersmother英:[ˈsmʌðə] 美:[ˈsmʌðɚ]vt. & vi.1.(使)窒息, (使)透不过气Don't put that cloth over the baby's face, you'll smother him!不要把布盖在那个婴儿脸上, 会使他窒息的！vt.1.覆盖In autumn the grass is smothered with leaves.秋天草地上盖满了枯叶。2.忍住, 抑制I just managed to smother a yawn.我刚设法忍住了一个呵欠。3.闷住, 闷熄The fire is smothered by ashes.火被灰闷熄了。

例句

1. The babies had been smothered to death.这些婴儿是窒息死亡的。 2. a hundred-year-old red-bricked house almost smothered in ivy一座有着百年历史、爬满常春藤的红砖房 3. She loved her own children, almost smothering them with love.她爱自己的孩子, 几乎到了溺爱的程度。 4. She grabbed a blanket to smother the flames.她抓起一条毯子去扑火。 5. He smothered his feelings as best he could.他尽量压制住自己的感情。 6. smothered giggles强忍住的咯咯笑 7. Make sure that your meal won't be smothered with white sauce.千万别往饭菜里放太多白汁沙司。 8. to be smothered by the heavy smoke被浓烟呛得透不过气 9. I went out of the meeting room; the atmosphere there smothered me.我走出了会议室，那里的气氛令我透不过气来。 10. to smother the fire with ash用灰盖住火 11. to smother the top of the mountain with white clouds山头笼罩在白云之中 12. to smother the cake with thick cream给蛋糕盖上厚厚一层奶油 13. to smother one's tears忍住悲伤 14. to smother feelings抑制住情感 15. She was smothered by his despotic power.她被他的淫威镇住了。 16. to smother the home team使主队大败 17. It's no good smothering the children with money.给孩子过多的钱不利于孩子的成长。 18. smothered chicken and mushrooms蘑菇炖鸡 19. to smother to death窒息而死 20. Her anger smothered and she smiled at him.她强忍住她的忿怒，并且还朝他笑了一笑。 21. The feelings that smothered burst all of a sudden.被抑制的感情一下子爆发了。 22. smothered wastes阴燃的垃圾 23. rich orange sorbets smothered in fluffy whipped cream.丰美的橘子冰糕上覆盖了蓬松的掼奶油。 24. she smothered a sigh.她强忍住不叹息。 25. the goalkeeper was able to smother the ball.守门员拦住了球。 26. [as adj. smothered]smothered fried chicken.焖炸鸡。 27. all this vanished in a smother of foam.所有这一切都消失在一堆泡沫中。 28. She was smothered with a pillow.她被人用枕头闷死。 29. to smother the flames with a blanket用毯子把火焰闷熄 30. He tried to smother her with a pillow.他企图用枕头闷死她。 31. She smothered the fire with a blanket.她用毯子把火闷灭了。 32. She smothered her son with love/affection. [=she gave her son a lot of love and affection in a way that prevented him from feeling free to live his own life]她过度的宠爱让儿子透不过气来。 33. "I tried to smother [=stifle, suppress] a yawn."我竭力忍住不打呵欠。 34. She smothers her pancakes in/with syrup. [=she puts a lot of syrup on her pancakes]她在松饼上浇了一层厚厚的糖浆。 35. The potatoes were smothered in gravy.土豆上面裹了一层厚厚的肉汁。 36. She smothered him with/in kisses. [=she kissed him many times]她狂吻了他一阵。